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Michael Flynn invokes his Fifth amendment right, will not comply with Congressional subpoena

It is now being reported that Michael Flynn–it should be remembered here that Donald Trump fired Michael Flynn when he found out he lied to Mike Pence about his connections to foreign governments–will not comply with a subpoena for his records.

Michael Flynn informed the Senate Intelligence Committee Monday that he will not comply with the committee’s subpoena for a list of his communications with Russian officials ahead of last year’s presidential election.

The Senate Intelligence panel is investigating Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, and other Trump campaign aides as part of its larger probe of Russia’s meddling in November’s election. Flynn had previously signaled he was not cooperating with the committee’s May 10 request for documents.

Flynn’s lawyer, Robert Kelner, asserted in a letter Monday that his client has a Fifth Amendment right not to produce the documents, as doing so…